Constantinople never had the Colosseum. The Colosseum is in Rome and there is only one Colosseum. The arena where sporting events and chariot races were held was called the hippodrome in Constantinople and all the other eastern cities. In Rome and in all other western cities it was called a circus. The Circus Maximus in Rome was the largest and the most famous.
Rome is 854 miles away from Constantinople
By 750 AD, the cities of Constantinople and Rome did not fall within the Muslim empire. Constantinople remained the capital of the Byzantine Empire, while Rome was under the influence of the Papacy and the remnants of the Western Roman Empire. Both cities were significant centers of Christianity and maintained their distinct political and religious identities during this period.
When the Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire, from Rome to the Ancient Greek city of Byzantium, in 330 AD, he renamed it Constantinople (city of Constantine) and made it the new capital of the Roman Empire. Because there could not be two capital cities with the same name, he called Constantinople the New Rome (Nova Roma).
The capital of the Roman empire was Rome and later Ravinia, in the West. In the East it was Constantinople.
Constantinople never had the Colosseum. The Colosseum is in Rome and there is only one Colosseum. The arena where sporting events and chariot races were held was called the hippodrome in Constantinople and all the other eastern cities. In Rome and in all other western cities it was called a circus. The Circus Maximus in Rome was the largest and the most famous.
Rome is 854 miles away from Constantinople
Constantinople was based on the Christian religion and Rome was against it.
Both Rome and Constantinople had written laws. Emperor Justinian of Constantinople wrote the Corpus Julius Civilius which was based off the Roman written codes. Also Rome and Constantinople both practiced Christianity. Although Rome followed the Roman Catholicism and Constantinople followed the Eastern Orthodox Church, these are still from the same roots of the belief of Christianity. Also the idea of domes were used by both Rome and Constantinople. Rome had built the "Pantheon" and Constantinople built the Hagia Sophia. Emperor Justinian of Constantinople built the domes even bigger by using the quadrangle underneath the domes. Also both Rome and Constantinople were involved in trade and cultural diffusion with other countries.
Constantinople was approximately 800 miles east from Rome.
Actually there were two capital cities founded by the Romans. Rome itself and then Constantinople.
In ancient times the five Patriarchal Seats were Rome, Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem and Alexandria
Rome traded with various cities in the Mediterranean, including Carthage, Alexandria, Byzantium (Constantinople), Athens, Syracuse, and Corinth. These cities were important hubs for the exchange of goods, ideas, and culture throughout the ancient world.
Rome
By 750 AD, the cities of Constantinople and Rome did not fall within the Muslim empire. Constantinople remained the capital of the Byzantine Empire, while Rome was under the influence of the Papacy and the remnants of the Western Roman Empire. Both cities were significant centers of Christianity and maintained their distinct political and religious identities during this period.
Rome and Constantinople became centers of Christianity. Rome became the center of Western Catholic Christianity and Constantinople became the center of Eastern, Orthodox Christianity
When the Emperor Constantine the Great moved the capital of the Roman Empire, from Rome to the Ancient Greek city of Byzantium, in 330 AD, he renamed it Constantinople (city of Constantine) and made it the new capital of the Roman Empire. Because there could not be two capital cities with the same name, he called Constantinople the New Rome (Nova Roma).